目前的意見(jiàn)期刊是由于認(rèn)識(shí)到專(zhuān)家越來(lái)越難以跟上在其主題上發(fā)表的信息量不斷擴(kuò)大的情況而發(fā)展起來(lái)的。在當(dāng)前的植物生物學(xué)觀點(diǎn)中，我們通過(guò)系統(tǒng)地提供以下信息來(lái)幫助讀者:1. 專(zhuān)家對(duì)當(dāng)前植物生物學(xué)進(jìn)展的觀點(diǎn)，以清晰易讀的形式。2. 最有趣的論文的評(píng)估，由專(zhuān)家注釋?zhuān)瑥拇罅康脑汲霭嫖铩W(xué)科劃分:植物生物學(xué)學(xué)科劃分為主題板塊，定期復(fù)習(xí)，保持相關(guān)性。目前:生長(zhǎng)發(fā)育-基因組研究和分子遺傳學(xué)(每隔一年+植物生物技術(shù))-生理和代謝-生物相互作用-細(xì)胞信號(hào)和基因調(diào)控-細(xì)胞生物學(xué)審查題目的選擇:該領(lǐng)域的主要權(quán)威部門(mén)編輯由期刊編輯任命。他們將章節(jié)劃分為若干主題，以確保該領(lǐng)域得到全面覆蓋，并強(qiáng)調(diào)所有當(dāng)前重要的問(wèn)題。章節(jié)編輯委員會(huì)對(duì)他們選擇的每一個(gè)主題進(jìn)行權(quán)威審查。綜述:作者撰寫(xiě)簡(jiǎn)短的綜述文章，介紹他們研究領(lǐng)域的最新進(jìn)展，強(qiáng)調(diào)他們認(rèn)為最重要的方面。此外，他們還為他們認(rèn)為在前一年發(fā)表的所有論文中最有趣的論文提供簡(jiǎn)短的注釋。編輯概述:章節(jié)編輯在章節(jié)的開(kāi)頭寫(xiě)一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)短的概述，介紹評(píng)論，并吸引讀者注意任何特別有趣的進(jìn)展。

The Current Opinion journals were developed out of the recognition that it is increasingly difficult for specialists to keep up to date with the expanding volume of information published in their subject. In Current Opinion in Plant Biology, we help the reader by providing in a systematic manner:1. The views of experts on current advances in plant biology in a clear and readable form.2. Evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotated by experts, from the great wealth of original publications.Division of the subject into sections: The subject of plant biology is divided into themed sections which are reviewed regularly to keep them relevant. Presently they are:Growth and development - Genome studies and molecular genetics (+ Plant biotechnology every other year) - Physiology and metabolism - Biotic interactions - Cell signalling and gene regulation - Cell biologySelection of topics to be reviewed: Section Editors, who are major authorities in the field, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasised. Section Editors commission reviews from authorities on each topic that they have selected.Reviews: Authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasising the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.Editorial Overview: Section Editors write a short overview at the beginning of the section to introduce the reviews and to draw the reader's attention to any particularly interesting developments.